2016–17 Hannover 96 season

Hannover 96
2016–17 season
President	Martin Kind
Head Coach	Daniel Stendel; (until 19 March); André Breitenreiter; (from 20 March)
Stadium	HDI-Arena
2. Bundesliga	2nd (promoted)
DFB–Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Harnik (17 goals); All: Martin Harnik (21 goals)
Highest home attendance	49,000
Lowest home attendance	26,000
Average home league attendance	36,706
Biggest win	Hannover 6–1 Düsseldorf
Biggest defeat	Fürth 4–1 Hannover
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Hannover 96 season is the first since being relegated from the Bundesliga.

Background

Hannover were relegated from the Bundesliga.^[1] They had been in the Bundesliga for 14 seasons.^[1] This was the fifth time they were relegated from the Bundesliga.^[1] Hannover 96 are looking for a new coach. During the 2015–16 season, Michael Frontzeck resigned^[2] and Thomas Schaaf was sacked.^[3] Daniel Stendel took over for the rest of 2015–16 season as interim head coach^[3] and was eventually given the permanent job.^[4]

Florian Hübner^[5] and Sebastian Maier^[5] joined Hannover. Marcelo transferred to Beşiktaş after playing there on loan for the previous half year.^[6] Ron-Robert Zieler left the club.^[7]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Philipp Tschauner
3	DF	CHI	Miiko Albornoz
4	DF	NOR	Stefan Strandberg (on loan from Krasnodar)
5	MF	SEN	Salif Sané
6	MF	GER	Marvin Bakalorz
7	MF	GER	Edgar Prib ^[8]
8	MF	GER	Manuel Schmiedebach (captain)
9	FW	POL	Artur Sobiech
10	MF	GER	Sebastian Maier
11	MF	GER	Felix Klaus
13	GK	CRO	Marko Marić
14	FW	AUT	Martin Harnik
17	FW	DEN	Uffe Bech
18	MF	NOR	Iver Fossum


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Florian Hübner
20	DF	BRA	Felipe
22	DF	GER	Timo Hübers
24	FW	GER	Niclas Füllkrug
25	DF	GER	Oliver Sorg
26	FW	TUR	Kenan Karaman
28	DF	GER	Mike-Steven Bähre
30	GK	AUT	Samuel Şahin-Radlinger
31	DF	GER	Waldemar Anton
33	DF	GER	Fynn Arkenberg
35	FW	NED	Charlison Benschop
37	FW	GER	Noah Sarenren Bazee
40	GK	GER	Timo Königsmann

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	GER	André Hoffmann (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2017)
21	FW	GER	Marius Wolf (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2017)
29	FW	SEN	Babacar Guèye (on loan to Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2017)
39	FW	TUR	Mevlüt Erdinç (on loan to FC Metz until 30 June 2017)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
4	DF	Stefan Strandberg	26	Krasnodar	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	^[9]
6	MF	Marvin Bakalorz	26	Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^[10]
10	MF	Sebastian Maier	22	St. Pauli	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^[5]
14	FW	Martin Harnik	29	Stuttgart	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^[11]
19	DF	Florian Hübner	25	Sandhausen	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€500,000	^[5]
22	DF	Timo Hübers	19	Köln II	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^[12]
24	FW	Niclas Füllkrug	23	Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€2.2 million	^[13]
28	MF	Mike-Steven Bähre	20	Halle	Return from loan	Summer	—	—
29	FW	Babacar Guèye	21	Troyes	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^[14]
—	FW	Mevlüt Erdinç	29	Guingamp	Return from loan	Summer	—	—
13	GK	Marko Marić	21	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan	Winter	30 June 2017	—	^[14]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
1	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	27	Leicester City	Transfer	Summer	€3.5 million	^[7]
2	MF	Leon Andreasen	33	—	End of contract	Summer	—	^[15]
4	DF	Hiroki Sakai	26	Marseille	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[16]
6	MF	Ceyhun Gülselam	28	Karabükspor	Release	Summer	—	^[14]
10	MF	Hiroshi Kiyotake	26	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	€6.5 million	^[14]
14	MF	Allan Saint-Maximin	19	Monaco	End of loan	Summer	—	^[14]
16	MF	Hotaru Yamaguchi	25	Cerezo Osaka	Transfer	Summer	€1.5 million	^[14]
19	DF	Christian Schulz	33	Sturm Graz	End of contract	Summer	—	^[14]
22	FW	Hugo Almeida	32	AEK Athens	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[14]
24	DF	Alexander Milošević	24	Beşiktaş	End of loan	Summer	—
28	FW	Ádám Szalai	28	1899 Hoffenheim	End of loan	Summer	—	^[14]
—	FW	Mevlüt Erdinç	29	Metz	Loan	Summer	—	^[14]
—	DF	Marcelo	29	Beşiktaş	Transfer	Summer	€2 million	^[14]
15	MF	André Hoffmann	23	Düsseldorf	Loan	Winter	—	^[14]
21	FW	Marius Wolf	21	E. Frankfurt	Loan	Winter	—	^[14]
29	FW	Babacar Guèye	22	Zulte Waregem	Loan	Winter	—	^[14]

Friendlies

25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)	Germania Walsrode	0–10	Hannover 96	Walsrode
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Klaus 12' Karaman 31', 41', 42' Benschop 53' Wolf 54', 70' Dierßen 64', 85' Maier 72'	Stadium: Grünenthal-Stadion

26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)	TSV Barsinghausen	1–10	Hannover 96	Barsinghausen
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Just 86'	Report	Maier 16' Benschop 23' Klaus 30', 32' Wolf 34' Dierßen 38' Hübner 43' Karaman 48' Fossum 75' Sulejmani 88'	Stadium: REWE-Sportpark Attendance: 1,100

6 July 2016 (2016-07-06)	1. FC Wunstorf	1–3	Hannover 96	Wunstorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Scheffler 68'	Report	Sobiech 16', 33' Prib 38'	Stadium: Barne-Arena

10 July 2016 (2016-07-10)	SV Ramlingen-Ehlershausen	0–10	Hannover 96	Burgdorf-Ramlingen
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Albornoz 3', 36' Anton 13' Sobiech 16', 26' Sarenren Bazee 29' Karaman 41' Benschop 47' Sulejmani 58' Bakalorz 60'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,010

14 July 2016 (2016-07-14)	TuS Norderney	0–16	Hannover 96	Norderney
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Benschop 6', 29' Karaman 15', 22', 40' Klaus 45' Sané 47', 65' Dierßen 48' Sobiech 54' Prib 60', 84' Guèye 67', 76', 86' Maier 87'	Stadium: Sportplatz an der Mühle

17 July 2016 (2016-07-17)	NEC Nijmegen	2–5	Hannover 96	Rheine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Quincy 32' Dumić 53'	Report	Sané 18' Maier 20' Sulejmani 70' Guèye 72' Prib 83'	Stadium: OBI Arena

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)	Hannover 96	0–1	VfL Osnabrück	Barsinghausen
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Reimerink 42'	Stadium: August-Wenzel-Stadion

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Hallescher FC	3–3	Hannover 96	Halle
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Röser 67', 78' Stenzel 82'	Report	Füllkrug 22', 56' Sobiech 74'	Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	Erzgebirge Aue	3–3	Hannover 96	Halberstadt
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Soukou 15' Kvesić 47' (pen.) Köpke 52'	Report	Sobiech 3', 66' Klaus 58'	Stadium: Friedensstadion

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Norwich City	2–3	Hannover 96	Norwich
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Hoolahan 52', 58'	Report	Sobiech 5', 50' Maier 12'	Stadium: Carrow Road

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hahn 35' Schulz 43'	Report	Guèye 20'	Stadium: Fohlenplatz, Borussia-Park Attendance: 661

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)	Hannover 96	2–2	Holstein Kiel	Schneverdingen
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prib 55' Huth 79' (pen.)	Report	Dürholtz 68' Siedschlag 76'	Stadium: Osterwald-Stadion Attendance: 400

11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)	Hannover 96	4–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Hanover
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Karaman 7' Sarenren Bazee 11' Füllkrug 45' (pen.), 51'	Report		Stadium: 96-Stadion

12 January 2017 (2017-01-12)	Hannover 96	1–1	FC Augsburg	Algeciras
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sobiech 58'	Report	Bobadilla 63'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)	Hannover 96	2–1	BSC Young Boys	Jerez de la Frontera
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 12' Bech 55'	Report	Ravet 14'	Stadium: Campo Hotel Barceló Montecastillo Golf Attendance: 60

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21)	Hannover 96	4–1	Sportfreunde Lotte	Hanover
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Füllkrug 2', 23' Anton 68' Sobiech 84'	Report	Pires-Rodrigues 33'	Stadium: 96-Stadion Attendance: 1,750

23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)	Hannover 96	3–1	FC Schalke 04	Hanover
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Füllkrug 12' Prib 60' Sobiech 71'	Report	Coke 57'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

2. Bundesliga

Review

Hannover started the season on 5 August 2016 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.^[17] Hannover won the match 4–0.^[18] Hannover then defeated Greuther Fürth 3–1.^[19] The first season loss came on the 4th matchday in a home match against Dynamo Dresden, which they lost 0–2. They recovered with three wins from the next four matches, only to lose two matches in a row against Union Berlin and 1. FC Nürnberg, respectively. From there on until the winter break they remained unbeaten, with four wins and three draws, causing them to spend the break in second place. They started the second half of the season with a 1–0 home win against Kaiserslautern, thereby moving up to first place for the first time since the second matchday.

On 20 March 2017, after only one win in the previous four matches, Hannover 96 sacked coach Daniel Stendel and appointed André Breitenreiter as new head coach.^[20]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfB Stuttgart (C, P)	34	21	6	7	63	37	+26	69	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hannover 96 (P)	34	19	10	5	51	32	+19	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	19	9	6	50	36	+14	66	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Union Berlin	34	18	6	10	51	39	+12	60
5	Dynamo Dresden	34	13	11	10	53	46	+7	50

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	10	5	51	32	+19	67	14	2	1	26	9	+17	5	8	4	25	23	+2

Last updated: 21 May 2017.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D
Position	1	1	2	3	6	4	3	2	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	1	3	2	3	3	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: 2. Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League fixtures and results

5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–4	Hannover 96	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Maier 16' Anton 48' Sobiech 63', 84'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,021 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 2	Hannover 96	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fossum 23' Maier 74', 76' Harnik 85'	Report	Gjasula 76' Tripić 79' Berisha 90', 90+2'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 38,400 Referee: Jochen Drees

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 3	VfL Bochum	1–1	Hannover 96	Bochum
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perthel 4' Wurtz 72'	Report	Albornoz 27' Schmiedebach 46' Sané 74' Harnik 90+2'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 19,218 Referee: Markus Schmidt

11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) 4	Hannover 96	0–2	Dynamo Dresden	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tschauner 79' Sané 79'	Report	Stefaniak 18' Lambertz 39' Ballas 57' Kutschke 79' Teixeira 83' Müller 84'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 39,200 Referee: Sören Storks

18 September 2016 (2016-09-18) 5	Arminia Bielefeld	3–3	Hannover 96	Bielefeld
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klos 26' (pen.), 31', 45+2' Hemlein 45+3' Mak 63' Schütz 75' Behrendt 79' Hornig 84'	Report	Strandberg 25' Schuppan 45+1' (o.g.), 90+1' (o.g.) Karaman 69'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 25,138 Referee: Martin Petersen

21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) 6	Hannover 96	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Hanover
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaus 7', 83' Schmiedebach 73'	Report	Kom 20' Rolim 33' Diamantakos 67'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,700 Referee: Christian Dietz

25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 7	1860 Munich	0–2	Hannover 96	Munich
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matmour 79'	Report	Karaman 67' Albornoz 76' Harnik 87'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Timo Gerach

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 8	Hannover 96	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaus 67', 90+3' Karaman 75'	Report	Kalla 63' Nehrig 74'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Felix Brych

16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) 9	Union Berlin	2–1	Hannover 96	Berlin
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kreilach 10' Trimmel 27' Parensen 44' Quaner 75' Hosiner 79' Fürstner 89'	Report	Anton 12' Karaman 17' Klaus 90+6', 90+8'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Robert Hartmann

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) 10	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matavž 4' Burgstaller 21' Mühl 54' Brečko 73' Petrák 81' Behrens 85'	Report	Bakalorz 19' Anton 40' Klaus 42' Strandberg 48' Sané 82'	Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 27,387 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) 11	Hannover 96	3–1	Würzburger Kickers	Hanover
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Felipe 50' Harnik 59' (pen.), 90+6' Klaus 67'	Report	Soriano 24' Díaz 53' Neumann 73'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Martin Thomsen

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 12	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	Hannover 96	Braunschweig
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Reichel 17' Correia 26' Hernández 36' Schönfeld 37'	Report	Prib 13' Anton 22' Felipe 31' Harnik 38', 69' Karaman 66'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 13	Hannover 96	2–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 23', 58' Anton 72' Füllkrug 77'	Report	Adler 69' Kaufmann 72' Köpke 82' Fandrich 90+3'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,100 Referee: Christof Günsch

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) 14	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bebou 52' Schauerte 54' Schmitz 60' Bormuth 67' Bellinghausen 76'	Report	Karaman 17' Strandberg 29' Felipe 38' 70', 61' Klaus 66' Sané 84'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 28,122 Referee: Robert Kempter

2 December 2016 (2016-12-02) 15	Hannover 96	3–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Hanover
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 45+1' Füllkrug 68' Sarenren Bazee 70'	Report	Verhoek 42' Titsch-Rivero 55' Anton 60' (o.g.) Griesbeck 83'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Thorben Siewer

12 December 2016 (2016-12-12) 16	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 12' Großkreutz 39' Pavard 76' Baumgartl 90+3'	Report	Harnik 26' Sorg 41' Klaus 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Felix Brych

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) 17	Hannover 96	0–0	SV Sandhausen	Hanover
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Füllkrug 58' Klaus 68'	Report	Linsmayer 27' Kosecki 35' Klingmann 62'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 30,296 Referee: Christian Dingert

30 January 2017 (2017-01-30) 18	Hannover 96	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hanover
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bech 49' Prib 63' Karaman 90+3'	Report	Ziegler 51'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 28,800 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

3 February 2017 (2017-02-03) 19	Greuther Fürth	4–1	Hannover 96	Fürth
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dursun 16', 64' Franke 2' Caligiuri 31' Hofmann 39' Žulj 63' Berisha 67' Pintér 84' Gießelmann 87'	Report	Sané 27' Strandberg 31' Prib 52', 87'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 8,465 Referee: Robert Kempter

13 February 2017 (2017-02-13) 20	Hannover 96	2–1	VfL Bochum	Hanover
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 45', 63' (pen.) Schmiedebach 61' Prib 88'	Report	Wurtz 16' Losilla 67' Hoogland 90+1'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19) 21	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	Hannover 96	Dresden
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Müller 6' Kutschke 78'	Report	Prib 24' Hübner 38' Anton 40' Bakalorz 54' Klaus 57' Harnik 64' Karaman 80'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 29,820 Referee: Florian Badstübner

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 22	Hannover 96	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 37' (pen.) Sané 57', 89' Maier 75' Schmiedebach 90+1'	Report	Hemlein 28' Klos 45+2' (pen.), 70' Schütz 50' Voglsammer 84'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 36,700 Referee: Felix Brych

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 23	Karlsruher SC	2–0	Hannover 96	Karlsruhe
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mugoša 10' Prömel 21' Valentini 37' Diamantakos 70' (pen.)	Report	Bakalorz 26' Sarenren Bazee 35' Schmiedebach 59' Albornoz 87'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 15,415 Referee: Patrick Alt

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) 24	Hannover 96	1–0	1860 Munich	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sané 49' Harnik 55' Maier 60' Prib 81'	Report	Lacazette 90'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,600 Referee: Daniel Schlager

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 25	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Hannover 96	Hamburg
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Buchtmann 75' Kalla 88' Bouhaddouz 90'	Report	Schmiedebach 28' Maier 58'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 26	Hannover 96	2–0	Union Berlin	Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Füllkrug 54' Kreilach 67' (o.g.)	Report	Daube 62'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

4 April 2017 (2017-04-04) 27	Hannover 96	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Hanover
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sorg 28' Schmiedebach 39' Harnik 47' Maier 90+1'	Report	Kammerbauer 71' Schäfer 85'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: René Rohde

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 28	Würzburger Kickers	0–0	Hannover 96	Würzburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nagy 40'	Report	Schmiedebach 53' Hübner 76' Harnik 90+4'	Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 12,450 Referee: Alexander Sather

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 29	Hannover 96	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Füllkrug 32' Hübner 41' Sobiech 90+2'	Report	Moll 37'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 42,700 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 30	Erzgebirge Aue	2–2	Hannover 96	Aue
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hertner 7' Köpke 35' Riese 90+1' Nazarov 90+4'	Report	Anton 3' Harnik 59' Prib 62' Hübner 87'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 9,700 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30) 31	Hannover 96	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Füllkrug 8' Schmiedebach 20' Prib 54' Bakalorz 61' Sané 85'	Report	Schmitz 70' Yıldırım 73' Ferati 82' Madlung 90+3'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 42,800 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

5 May 2017 (2017-05-05) 32	1. FC Heidenheim	0–2	Hannover 96	Heidenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kleindienst 38' Strauß 41' Schnatterer 58'	Report	Harnik 16', 25' Sané 56' Prib 71' Albornoz 90+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 33	Hannover 96	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaus 40' Prib 53' Sané 86' Harnik 89'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 34	SV Sandhausen	1–1	Hannover 96	Sandhausen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pledl 57' Łukasik 64'	Report	Anton 33' Fossum 40' Klaus 56' Hübner 60' Felipe 64' Karaman 69'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 12,470 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal review

In the first round draw, Hannover were drawn against Kickers Offenbach,^[21] beating them 3–2 after extra time by means of a last-minute penalty goal by Salif Sané. They went on to face Fortuna Düsseldorf in the second round, beating them 6–1, their highest season win. For the round of 16, they were drawn against Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt, against who they lost 1–2 after initially taking the lead and were thereby eliminated.

DFB-Pokal fixtures and results

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22) 1st Round	Kickers Offenbach	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Hannover 96	Offenbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Firat 29', 49' Gaul 58' Maslanka 59' 61' Scheu 71' Vetter 74'	Report	Harnik 3' Klaus 22' Anton 48' Sorg 88' Prib 112' Sané 120+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Attendance: 10,573 Referee: Thorben Siewer

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26) 2nd Round	Hannover 96	6–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sobiech 5' Klaus 7', 34' Harnik 15', 16' Maier 53'	Report	Akpoguma 20', 69' Schmitz 76'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08) Round of 16	Hannover 96	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 57' Bakalorz 67' Füllkrug 90+1'	Report	Tawatha 62' Seferovic 66' Mascarell 90+1'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Philipp Tschauner	32	0	32	0	0	0
13	GK	CRO	Marko Marić	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	AUT	Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	5	0	2	0	3	0
40	GK	GER	Timo Königsmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	CHI	Miiko Albornoz	27	0	23+4	0	0	0
4	DF	NOR	Stefan Strandberg	13	0	12	0	1	0
19	DF	GER	Florian Hübner	15	1	14+1	1	0	0
20	DF	BRA	Felipe	7	1	4+2	1	1	0
22	DF	GER	Timo Hübers	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	GER	Oliver Sorg	28	0	26	0	2	0
27	DF	GER	Vladimir Ranković	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Waldemar Anton	33	2	29+2	2	2	0
33	DF	GER	Fynn Arkenberg	3	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
5	MF	SEN	Salif Sané	31	3	26+2	2	2+1	1
6	MF	GER	Marvin Bakalorz	32	0	28+2	0	2	0
7	MF	GER	Edgar Prib	30	1	22+5	1	3	0
8	MF	GER	Manuel Schmiedebach	28	0	24+2	0	2	0
10	MF	GER	Sebastian Maier	19	3	10+6	2	2+1	1
11	MF	GER	Felix Klaus	33	9	28+2	6	3	3
18	MF	NOR	Iver Fossum	27	1	15+10	1	1+1	0
28	MF	GER	Mike-Steven Bähre	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
34	MF	GER	Tim Dierßen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	POL	Artur Sobiech	24	3	11+11	2	1+1	1
14	FW	AUT	Martin Harnik	33	21	25+5	17	3	4
17	FW	DEN	Uffe Bech	7	1	4+3	1	0	0
24	FW	GER	Niclas Füllkrug	28	5	13+13	5	1+1	0
26	FW	TUR	Kenan Karaman	34	6	17+14	6	1+2	0
32	FW	GER	Elias Huth	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	FW	NED	Charlison Benschop	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
37	FW	GER	Noah Sarenren Bazee	14	1	8+5	1	1	0
38	FW	KOS	Valmir Sulejmani	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
15	MF	GER	André Hoffmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	GER	Marius Wolf	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	SEN	Babacar Guèye	4	0	0+2	0	0+2	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	2. Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	14	FW	Martin Harnik	17	4	21
2	11	MF	Felix Klaus	6	3	9
3	26	FW	Kenan Karaman	6	0	6
4	24	FW	Niclas Füllkrug	5	0	5
5	5	MF	Salif Sané	2	1	3
	9	FW	Artur Sobiech	2	1	3
	10	MF	Sebastian Maier	2	1	3
8	31	DF	Waldemar Anton	2	0	2
9	7	MF	Edgar Prib	1	0	1
	17	FW	Uffe Bech	1	0	1
	18	MF	Iver Fossum	1	0	1
	19	DF	Florian Hübner	1	0	1
	20	DF	Felipe	1	0	1
	37	FW	Noah Sarenren Bazee	1	0	1
Own goal				3	0	3
Totals				51	10	61

Last updated: 21 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	2. Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	1	GK		Philipp Tschauner	16	0	16
Totals					16	0	16

Last updated: 14 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	2. Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
1	GK		Philipp Tschauner	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Miiko Albornoz	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	DF		Stefan Strandberg	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	MF		Salif Sané	8	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	2
6	MF		Marvin Bakalorz	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF		Edgar Prib	10	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
8	MF		Manuel Schmiedebach	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
9	FW		Artur Sobiech	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Sebastian Maier	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11	MF		Felix Klaus	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
14	FW		Martin Harnik	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
18	MF		Iver Fossum	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF		Florian Hübner	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
20	DF		Felipe	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
24	FW		Niclas Füllkrug	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
25	DF		Oliver Sorg	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
26	FW		Kenan Karaman	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
30	GK		Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	DF		Waldemar Anton	6	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1
37	FW		Noah Sarenren Bazee	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals				82	1	2	4	0	1	86	1	3